Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-09
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THE DALLAS TRAGEDY
The Excitement Occasional by tbs Hill
ing Of Mrs. jones Is Dying Out.
The Inquest Continued
Jones Plea, Itts SAD, VIII Re Insanity-A
SAD Eunerel-Ths Unclo of tho Dead
Woman Arrested.

Special 10 the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX, Sept. S.-The sad snd
unfortunate afai: which occurred here
yesterday morning which resulted il the
death Of Mrs. W. B. Jones, aged about
thirty yea>s, IS sill the city topic. A
ugin street laerchant said this evening to
TIE GAZETTE correspondent: "AbOut
oEe month ego, deceased Mrs. Jones
came INTO MI store and wanted 10 bay
$50 worth Of JeweIry, rgquestiDg
me TO charge il 70 her husbands
account, stating at the same tme
mat she wGLtS TO buy 81 she Can possibly
obtain on credit, on Ter husbant's
aCcoarc, aad last as soon Is she VIII hEye
obtained enough she is G0irg - spp.y for
: divorce from her husband and QIj, Elm
forever. "SuCb." she continued to me,
''iS nv scheme" "It IS useless to state, -
sajj the merchant, Chat knowing the
circumstances declined the transaction
That W2s the asst time | saw her"
The following il the testimony taken 81
the irQEasl held today in the District
court room or the body OF Mrs Edns
Jones before Justice KeHd&I:
good-S:zod crowd vas present
Deputy SlerifS Ia Martyr aDd ". y
Gee also Nj j. J. Cox, eye.witnesse5 &c
The killing, We're eX mined, sud the tes-
timony Of these witnesses was pretty
much tie sane IS taat already published
Deputy lgri5 C3e stated that Sheuf
Lewis told hin mat Vaust0u and / -icss-
ter mad been 10 the room of Mrs. Jones
lie wss on his way to the room
Of Leicester when Lewis met him enc
told hin that L=icsstcr and Varst0n nae
already been there lie also stated tha
ii the sCut1le ne caught Martyrs pisto
for Jones john Young, Colored. alsC
| testified lie said Nsrtyn caught Jore!
around tee waiet, and that the eff ,er't
pistol went Of That when Jones tires
J the first shc1 that he and MS vie wer,
standing lace TO face.
Jones looks calm, though he listens
a,tent.Yr!y TO the testimony Ct tlt
witnesses.
TIE Inquest will consume the entire
/ week, there beng tWenty-thTee WitnegSe
1 for defense. THE GA2ETTE correspondent
/ learns on the best authority that W. B
/ jones plea viii be insanity, and thst tht
deceased Will &c charged with adultery.
Yesterday afternoon Sheriff Lewis ar
rested Leicester, the srCtitect, VINO
claims to be an uncle Of TIE DEED w0man
on the charge Of having bursIsrizsd the
room Of Mrs JOKES directly after sb
was Killed. The R2v. James T. EauStoI
! hss 6 warrant looking for him, chargiG;
him with the same thing. Leicesse
was lodged II sil, where ne yet remains
The funeral of the murderer womai
took place yesterday afternoon from tn
undertaken establishment Of NIC. Ed c
Smith to Trinity cemetery, the only at
tendants being Mr.. Smith, the driver AM
Leicester, who followed alone the corps
OF his alleged Iiece to its last rest
ing place. The celia was lowered, sn
as the gave was filed he stood b
silent with his hands thrust into his 2cB
cts Il was the s&ddest looking tuner6I
perhaps, inst ever occurred in the city
When they returned to the city al office
stepped up to Leicester, placing nim IN
der arrest, and i've minutes later ne we
behind the bsrs Of tne county jail.